Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Ripley, Samuel son of Ezra, was born in Concord, Mass., March 11, 1783, and graduated from Cambridge in 1804. He was ordained, Nov. 22, 1809, pastor of the Church at Waltham. After the death of Rev. B. Whitman, it was proposed to unite the two Unitarian societies; but Mr. Ripley, thinking it too great a … Continue reading “Ripley, Samuel”

Ripley, Lincoln a Congregational minister, was born at Woodstock, Conn., in 1761. Late in life he entered Dartmouth College, where he graduated in 1796. He soon after entered the ministry and settled at Waterford, Me., then a wilderness. His life was identified with the early history of the Church and town of Waterford. He severed … Continue reading “Ripley, Lincoln”

Ripley, John Bingham a Presbyterian minister, was born in Ellsworth township, Mahoning Co., O., April 18, 1824. He was converted when eighteen years of age; graduated at Jefferson College, Pa., in 1846, and at the Theological Seminary at Princeton, N.J., in 1850. His labors in the ministry began in Burlington, N.J., where he was invited … Continue reading “Ripley, John Bingham”

Ripley, Hezekiah, D.D. a Congregational minister, was born at Windham, Conn.. Feb. 3 (O.S.), 1743. He graduated at Yale College in 1763, and was ordained, Feb. 11, 1767, pastor at Green’s Farms, where he labored until his death, December 1831. He was made a member of Yale College Corporation in 1790, and remained such for … Continue reading “Ripley, Hezekiah, D.D.”

Ripley, Henry Jones, D.D. a distinguished Baptist divine and Biblical scholar, was born in Boston, Jan. 28, 1798. He entered Harvard University, a medal scholar from the Boston Latin School, at the early age of fourteen, and graduated with the class of 1816. He took the full course of theological study at Andover, where he … Continue reading “Ripley, Henry Jones, D.D.”

Ripley, George, LL.D a Unitarian divine and author, was born at Greenfield, Massachusetts, October 3, 1802. He graduated from Harvard College in 1823, and from the Cambridge Divinity School in 1826; the following year became pastor of the Purchase Street Unitarian Church, Boston. After remaining a few years he resigned, and devoted himself exclusively to … Continue reading “Ripley, George, LL.D”

Ripley, Ezra a Unitarian minister, was born at Woodstock, Conn., May 1, 1751. He followed farming until he was sixteen, when he began to study, and was admitted into Harvard College, July 1772. After his graduation he taught in Plymouth, and studied theology under Rev. Jason Haven, of Dedham. He was ordained pastor of the … Continue reading “Ripley, Ezra”

Ripidium (Gr. , a bellows) was a fan made of parchment, peacocks’ feathers, or linen, and was used in the ancient churches to drive away all such insects as might drop into the cups or infest the altar. The author of the Fasti Siculi or Chronicum Alexandrinum (p. 892), calls them , and reckons them … Continue reading “Ripidium”

RIPHATH A northern nation descended from a grandson of Japheth, Gen 10:3, called Diphath in 1Ch 1:6 . The name is traced in that of the Riphoean mountains, in Russia. Fuente: American Tract Society Bible Dictionary Riphath (Heb. Riphath’, , perhaps spoken; Sept. v.r. ; Vulg. Riphath), the second son of Gomer and the brother … Continue reading “Riphath”

Riphaeus in Greek mythology, was the largest of the centaurs, whose monstrous head towered far above the tallest trees of the forest. He was killed by Theseus while present at the marriage of Pirithous. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature